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Southern Iran
Rug, late 18th
or early 19th century
Judging from its rich colors, painstaking drawing,
and exceptional wool quality, this piece appears
to be one of the oldest surviving southern Iranian
tribal rugs. Its precise attribution is difficult;
while the archaic birds in the border suggest that
it could be a Khamseh piece, it probably predates
the formation of the Khamseh Confederation
(ca. 1860) by at least half a century. Attention to
detail is apparent throughout the rug, especially
in the randomly balanced spacing of the Horal
elements in the field and the addition of many
smaller, variegated design elements along its
perimeter. The birds in the border are exceptionally detailed, with taloned feet, ornamental tails,
and creatively decorated necks and bodies.
M.H.
Published: Oriental Rug Review, 10, no. 5
(June -July 1990), p. 28, and HALI,
52 (Aug. 1990),p. 198.
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| SIZE:
77 x 48 1/2 (195.6 x 123 cm.) |
| WARP: wool,
Z2S; light brown |
| WEFT: wool,
Z2S x 2 with areas of 4 discontinuous
wefts at the edges; dark-brown, red-brown |
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PILE: wool, Z2S, asymmetrical knots open
left, h. 10, v. n, no k/sq. in.; yellow-ivory, dark brown,
red-brown, red, light orange-red, blue-green, dark blue, blue,
light blue |
| ENDS: top: dark
brown, red, blue-green, and light
blue wool weft-faced plain weave; bottom: traces of
dark brown and blue wool weft-faced plain
weave |
| SIDES: red to
brown wool selvedge of 2 cords of 3
warps each; red, green, and blue wool extra wrapping,
mostly replaced |
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